Senior/Lead Cyber Security Engineer (Polygraph Clearance)

Mitre

Job Details

As a member of MITREs Cyber Operations Department, help enable our customer to improve cyber security practices and designs for the DoD community.

Key Functions:Develop technologies, tools, architectures, and processes for innovative Cyber Security solutions that our customer can test, demonstrate and eventually move into operational environments. Contribute to cyber security research to ensure the defensibility of the nations systems and networks including improving the detection of the adversary through a thorough understanding of their tradecraft and intentions. Employees will be encouraged to be innovative in their solutions, and offered opportunities to develop new research proposals to further explore the domain.

Required Qualifications:* BS Degree and TS/SCI with Polygraph. * Programming experience in Python or other scripting languages .* Programming experience in Java, C/C++. * Strong knowledge of advanced cyber threats and adversary methodologies. * Experience developing security analytics is a plus. *Experience with Big Data and development of analytics is a plus. * Ability to evaluate IT environments and identify security goals, vulnerabilities, objectives, and requirements. * Interest in the application of technology to problem solving. * Familiarity with security-relevant data, including TCP/IP network protocols, application layer protocols (e.g. HTTP, SMTP, DNS etc.), and security-relevant host and network logs. * Ability to work and lead by example in a highly collaborative environment with peers and senior government officials. * Experience working in support of a cyber-security operations center. * Excellent writing and communication skills.